BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 85 



Hay wards. W. 0. Emerson. I found a nest January 

 19, 1886, my earliest record. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Common resident of 

 valley and foothills. Agua Caliente, common; proba- 

 bly resident in neighboring canons. 



Henshaw, 1876. During the summer we saw none in 

 the low valleys, but found it reasonably numerous in the 

 mountains. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Quite rare summer resi- 

 dent. 



Alameda arid Contra Costa counties. W. E. Bryant. 

 Common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Abundant resident. 



A. M. Ingersoll. Mr. H. R. Taylor found eggs Feb- 

 ruary 14, 1885; incubation far advanced. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. February 21, 1884, first male. 



Central California. L. B. Tolerably common, es- 

 pecially in the foothills, where a few winter. Gridley, 

 December 1, 1885 (November mild), a pair daily during 

 November among the flowers in the garden. 



94. Trochilus floresii (Gould). FLORESI'S HUMMING- 



BIRD. 



The second known specimen was recorded from San 

 Francisco, by W. E. Bryant, Forest and Stream, xxvi, 

 426. 



95. Trochilus platycercus Swains. BROAD-TAILED HUM- 



MINGBIRD. 



Ridgway. We first encountered the broad-tailed hum- 

 mingbird on the Rocky Mountains, where it was very 

 abundant in July and August. 



96. Trochilus rufus Gmel. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. 

 San Diego, March 10, 1884, first males; both sexes 



common a few days later. In 1885 not a Selasphorus 



